Kin-bias, breeding site selection and female fitness in a cannibalistic neotropical frog

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 453-463

  Muralidhar, P ^a   De Sa F P ^b   Haddad, C F B ^b   Zamudio, K R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic coastal rainforest; Cannibalism; Kin selection; Territoriality; Thoropa taophora

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; THOROPA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LARVA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84891827631     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12592     Document Type: Article

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